Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-12
PORT TOWNSEND NEWS.

The brig W. b. Meyers returned o
when the vessel reached the Cape the
crew notified the master that they woulc
not pFocsed 10 sea, as they presumed tbs
vessel to be TOO heavily loaded. The
captain then consented TO retaFn and
discharge 5000 feet Of lumber, afteI
which she will proceed TO HIlo, d. /.
her destination.
TIE leeraphic adVices received froH
San Francisco 10 the master of the bari
d. O. Murray, ordering the vessel d
Port Blakely to load lamber, have beer
received. Her destination 10 unknown
The British tug Alexander entered
and cleared on Thursday for the puF
pose Of towing the ship Oarroliton fFou
Port Angeles TO Departure Bay, wher'
she will load cargo Of coal for SaE
Francisco.
The lighthouse steamer Manzanits
passed up the Sound on Thursday al
100 o. m.
The ships Shirley aad Alaska arrived
early yesterday morning from Tacomt
IN TOW of the tug Tacoma, for saL
Francisco. The former vessel is loadet
with lumber aRd the latter with coal.
The ship Ivanhoe, loaded With 20
tons of coal from Seattle, arrived II
San Francisco last Saturday.
The tuR Mogul tOved the ship Guar
dian to Port Discovery yesterday Il
load lumber.
The bark Fray Benson, lumber laden
from Tacoma to Melbourne, arrived
yesterday in tow Of the tug Mogul
A crew was sent over TO Victoria yes
terday to join the British ship E1iR
burgh, bound to AAtweFp. This is the
vessel that put back some time ago viii
her cargo shifted.
The bark Ant0inette, lumber ladeH
from Tacoma to Hongkong, was ship
ping q Grew yesterday, paying $40 per
month.
The ship Solitaire, coal laden from
Esquimalt, proceeded as far rs the Cape
and returned, the weather being too Sc
we're TO proceed farther. This 10 the
second time on this voyage she has re-
turned to seek q sheltered anchorage.
Able bodied seamen are in great de
maud, ard th0se hers seem 20 realize
the fact and consequently some vessels
remain for over a week before crew
can be shipped. -,
The ship Spartan, loaded with 200
tons OF coal from Seattle TO San Fran
cisco. passed down the Sound yesterday
at a. M. in tow Of the tug Tyee.
Bananas in large quantities are beiDa
shipped from the Hawaiian Islands 20
san Francisco.
The Schooner Reporter. Captain Cook,
arrived yesterday from santa Barbara,
seeking a cargo.
The Pathfinder Was spoken eff Gaps
Mendocino on February 18th, and re-
ported that she had on board then l7t
seals.
The tug Holyoke toWed q boom OF
logs to Pert Hadlock yesterday.
A few sweeps Of the paint brush over
the name KWOBg Tong. vita little
plain lettering. in San Francisco, have
changed the name OF that bark 10 the
more romantic one of Don Carlos
The Idaho cleared yesterday at s:3l
q. IN. for Alaska With 50 passengers and
$50 tons of freight, besides l2,OO0 feet
Of lumber from Portland, Or. Captain
J. N. Ingalls, was in command, vice jas.
Carroll, gone TO Portland 10 superintend
the fitting up Of the steamer Olympian,
to be placed on the route IN May. All
of the berths of the latter vessel have
been engaged for the srst three trips
amounting 10 $50 passengers.
The whaling bark Ooean is being
lifted out 10 San Francisco for an Arctic
sealing cruise.
The schooner Matthew Turner, Capt
Peterson, sailed last Saturday for Ouna-
laska FROM San Francisco loaded with
general msrohaEdise.
The British Q Gamer Wellington, Cap
tain Meyer, is expected TO arrive today
at Nanaimo TO load . return cargo Oi
coal to San Francisco.
AZ. Cohen and wife, L. Cobery, l.
Webster, 20 juneau, and ]. Z. Lipskel
TO SItka, we're passengers 70 Alaska yes
terday on the steamer Idaho.
The arrivals on the Anderson from 81
sound Yesterday we're: W. q Irvine, ]
s. Howell, G. Case, James ONeil, Gap
tain and Mrs. J. H. Stetson.
Lieutenant Goodman, United State
Army, has returned from q brief visit al
the Sound.
Edward Reed went to Port Gambl'
yesterday.
The ship Blue Jacket, bound to Sal
Francisco, is at Port Angeles awaiting
favorable weather 10 proceed.
TgO schooners we're returning lnmoe
laden At p. IN. yesterday.
A strong Sesteriy wind VAS blowing 3
the straits all day, and compelled shiF
ping TO come TO a stzndstIlL.